Workflow With File Input

Demonstrates passing file inputs through workflow steps for reading and summarization.

workflow_with_file_input.py
"""
Workflow With File Input
========================

Demonstrates passing file inputs through workflow steps for reading and summarization.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDb
from agno.media import File
from agno.models.anthropic import Claude
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.workflow.step import Step
from agno.workflow.workflow import Workflow

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agents
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
read_agent = Agent(
    name="Agent",
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-20250514"),
    role="Read the contents of the attached file.",
)

summarize_agent = Agent(
    name="Summarize Agent",
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5.6-luna"),
    instructions=[
        "Summarize the contents of the attached file.",
    ],
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Define Steps
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
read_step = Step(
    name="Read Step",
    agent=read_agent,
)

summarize_step = Step(
    name="Summarize Step",
    agent=summarize_agent,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Workflow
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
content_creation_workflow = Workflow(
    name="Content Creation Workflow",
    description="Automated content creation from blog posts to social media",
    db=SqliteDb(
        session_table="workflow",
        db_file="tmp/workflow.db",
    ),
    steps=[read_step, summarize_step],
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Workflow
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    content_creation_workflow.print_response(
        input="Summarize the contents of the attached file.",
        files=[
            File(url="https://agno-public.s3.amazonaws.com/recipes/ThaiRecipes.pdf")
        ],
        markdown=True,
    )

Use an active Claude model

Before running your saved copy, replace the one occurrence of claude-sonnet-4-20250514 with claude-sonnet-4-6. The original model was retired on June 15, 2026; see Anthropic’s model lifecycle.

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno anthropic fastapi openai sqlalchemy

Export your API keys

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your_anthropic_api_key_here"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run the example

Save the code above as workflow_with_file_input.py, then run:

python workflow_with_file_input.py

Full source: cookbook/04_workflows/01_basic_workflows/01_sequence_of_steps/workflow_with_file_input.py